NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 663 vs 589
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19986 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	663 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	19986 vs 13371

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 10752 vs 5120
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 116469

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 5120
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606 vs 116469

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

663

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19986

13371

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

116469

187606

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark	663	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	19986	13371
Geekbench - OpenCL	116469	187606

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	58	60
Launch date		5 Oct 2020
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	10752
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6